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Ben Maller-Russel Westbrook Will Not Make The Nuggets Any Better



Ben Maller-Russel Westbrook Will Not Make The Nuggets Any Better

BEN MALLER SHOW – Ben Maller reacts to Russell Westbrook being traded once again from an LA team to Utah where he will be bought out and join the Denver Nuggets. Ben says that he does not believe Westbrook will be a positive contributor to the Nuggets.

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21 Comments

  1. I'm continually amazed by the level of expertise on display in this thread. It's like having access to a virtual think tank.🧡

  2. Questa conversazione trascende i confini, riunendo persone provenienti da contesti diversi.✨

  3. As their KCP replacement? Maybe a smidge, because RW can't shoot, Improve their ball distribution a little.

  4. I like Russ – always did, as a person and a player. But the roster gaps created by the GM/Owners simply cannot be "bridged" by acquiring Saric and Russ. Just reading that makes me laugh.

    Most of what you said about the current state of Russ's bb & career is correct, unfortunately.

    Denver Nuggets, right now, are not a true contender.

    Nuggets Owners (Kroenkes), GM (Booth), Front office (bunch of incompetent nepotism hires) – simply destroyed Jokic's chances to win another chip, and betrayed the Nuggets fans.

    Few weeks ago:

    Josh Kroenke: "when you have the best player on the planet, you have to go for it"

    Booth: "I'm the steward of Jokic's prime".

    End result: Nuggets lose KCP and bring in Saric and maybe-westbrook. That's "going for it", that's "stewarding Jokic's prime".

    Kroenke and Booth flat-out LIED. They even got caught lying about offering KCP an extension.

    Nuggets never had a decent backup center, a decent backup handler/creator, and a backup 3&D wing (BB was a brief exception). Never. Nuggets NEVER had even a mediocre 2nd unit. Never had a real "all-star" next to Jokic either.

    Last season – roster was much worse than when they won the championship, this season the roster is even worse than that.

    Now – here's the piece for you guys to talk about: The reason for this debacle is that Kroenkes are preparing to sell Nuggets and are in the talks about it for about 12 months now (last 4 months talks are "productive"). Kroenkes priority is cost control, limiting liabilities and obligations, and giving the next owners "space" under the aprons. Last two seasons look pretty on the books – full arena, revenue almost doubled, brand expansion… And Kroenkes know this is the moment to sell.

    Prettying the bottom line and offloading Nuggets for a huge profit. And that's the whole story.

    That's it.

    BTW – don't ask me how I know this – as these talks are held in strict confidence since they started. But it's true.

    I hope that Jokic's mgmt team (Raznjatovic) and Jokic himself are aware of it – I know messages were passed to them. And I hope that they trust it – and will f*k Kroenkes in their greedy a**es. By simply demanding a TRADE.

    Let's see how their "bottom line" is gonna look then.

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